U+2BC8 "⯈" Black Medium Right-Pointing Triangle Centred Unicode Character

U+2BC8 "⯈" Black Medium Right-Pointing Triangle Centred is a typographic symbol that depicts a solid, filled triangle pointing to the right, distinguished by being centrally aligned within its bounding box, which sets it apart from similar triangles that may be positioned higher or lower in the character cell. Its design is classified as a medium-sized variant, falling between smaller and larger triangle shapes in Unicode’s geometric shapes range. This character is often used in user interfaces, diagrams, or text to indicate a forward direction, play a media file, or represent an arrow-like marker. It can also serve as a decorative element in technical documentation or digital layouts where a clear, balanced rightward pointer is needed.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2BC8
Version Added	7.0
Name	Black Medium Right-Pointing Triangle Centred
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⯈
HTML Hex Encoding	⯈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xAF 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2BC8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002BC8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2bc8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other